after hurricane sandy. so you got to -- send your hats off to all the crews heading up to the areas this morning. back to you. >> thank you kristin. good news on outages to report for you. dominion virginia is reporting -- bge is close to restoring power to all of its d.c. regional customers, bge reports -- >>> well, dominion, bge and other utility companies are getting the last customers restored. pepco was one of the first to complete all of its restoration work from sandy. of course pepco as we well know has been highly criticized in the past for its reliant. only our chin -- reliability. only our surae chinn was invited. >> reporter: we were the only outside camera crew invited when the energy secretary thanked the linemen, and for the first time in recent history, the utility company is being praised, not criticized. >> we finished our clean-up and restation yesterday. >> reporter: steven chu is giving the unchaining heroes credit for a job well done. lineman don gala -- >> thank you. >> reporter: has